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anomaly

  (ə-nŏm'ə-lē) pronunciation
n., pl. -lies.
  1. Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
  2. One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify: “Both men are anomalies: they have . . . likable personalities but each has made his reputation as a heavy” (David Pauly).
  3. Astronomy. The angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.
anomalistic a·nom'a·lis'tic adj.
anomalistically a·nom'a·lis'ti·cal·ly adv.
 
 

Abnormality or deviation. Pronounced "uh-nom-uh-lee," it is a favorite word among computer people when complex systems produce output that is inexplicable. See software conflict and anomaly detection.



 
Antonyms: anomaly

n

Definition: deviation from normal, usual
Antonyms: conformity, normality, regularity, standard, usual, usualness


 
(ənom′əlē)
n

An aberration or deviation from normal anatomic growth, development, or function.

 

Journal of unusual events of a Fortean kind, such as UFOs, sea monsters, mysterious disappearances, and strange coincidences. Founded in 1969 by researcher John A. Keel. Last known address: PO Box 351, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10016.

 

Marked deviation from normal. For specific anomalies see under anatomical location.

  • developmental a. — absence, deformity or excess of body parts as the result of faulty development of the embryo.
  • lethal a. — a defect which is incompatible with life and leads to the natural death or euthanasia on humane grounds of the neonate concerned.
  • sex-limited a. — limited in its occurrence by the sex of the neonate, e.g. cryptorchidism.
  • sex-linked a. — the gene responsible for the defect is located on the X or the Y chromosome, the sex determinative ones.
 
Cosmic Lexicon: Anomaly

A deviation from the common rule, type, or form; something abnormal or inconsistent.

 
Word Tutor: anomaly
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: An irregularity.

pronunciation The rings around the planet were an anomaly.

 
Wikipedia: anomaly (disambiguation)


Anomaly may refer to:

Astronomy

  • Eccentric anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit
  • Flyby anomaly, an unexpected energy increase during Earth flybys of satellites
  • Mean anomaly, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics
  • Pioneer anomaly, the observed deviation of the trajectories of various unmanned spacecraft
  • South Atlantic Anomaly, the region where Earth's inner van Allen radiation belt makes its closest approach to the planet's surface
  • True anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit

Geophysics

  • Bouguer anomaly, an anomaly in gravimetry
  • Free-air anomaly, the gravity anomaly that has been computed for latitude and corrected for elevation of the station
  • Gravity anomaly, the difference between the observed gravity and a value predicted from a model
  • Iridium anomaly, a very rare element in the Earth's crust
  • Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, a territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast

Medicine

  • Congenital vertebral anomaly, a collection of malformations of the spine in animals and infants
  • Collie eye anomaly, a congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs involving the retina, choroid, and sclera
  • Coronary artery anomaly, a congenital abnormality in the coronary anatomy of the heart
  • Ebstein's anomaly, a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the right ventricle of the heart
  • Uhl anomaly, a very seldom congenital heart disease with a partial or total loss of the myocard muscle in the righter ventricle

Quantum physics

  • Anomaly (physics), the failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action
  • Conformal anomaly, a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory
  • Chiral anomaly, the anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current
  • Gauge anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory
  • Global anomaly, an anomaly in quantum physics
  • Gravitational anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of a theory of general relativity
  • Mixed anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics
  • Parity anomaly, an anomaly associated with parity


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Misspellings: anomaly

Common misspelling(s) of anomaly

  • anomoly

 
Translations: Translations for: Anomaly

Dansk (Danish)
n. - anomali, uregelmæssighed, abnormitet

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongewoon verschijnsel, abnormale beweging/ gedraging, anomalie (astronomie)

Français (French)
n. - anomalie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anomalie

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανωμαλία, παρεκτροπή, εκτροπή

Italiano (Italian)
anomalia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - anomalia (f), anormalidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
аномалия

Español (Spanish)
n. - anomalía, anormalidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avvikelse, abnormitet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
异常的人或物, 不规则

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 異常的人或物, 不規則

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 변칙 , 근점 거리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変則, 異常, 例外

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البعد الزاوي لكوكب سيار عن اقرب نقضه له الى الشمس, شذوذ, خروج عن القياس, , شي شاذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סטייה, זרות, אנומליה‬


 
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